opposition

n. resistance; antagonism, hostility; opposing body or party (in politics, sports, etc.)

Opposition (astronomy), a term describing the position of a celestial bodyOpposition (chess), a term describing the position of the kings relative to each otherOpposition proceeding, an administrative process available under some patent or trademark lawsOpposition of the thumbParliamentary political:Loyal oppositionOpposition (politics), an organised political group that serves to offer opposing views to the governmentOpposition (parliamentary), a form of political oppositionOfficial Opposition (Canada)Official Opposition (India)Opposition Front Bench (Ireland)Official Opposition (New Zealand)Official Opposition (United Kingdom)Opposition (Australia)Opposition (Malaysia)Opposition Party (United States)
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Noun
1. the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
(synonym) resistance
(hypernym) action
(hyponym) lockout
(derivation) oppose
2. the relation between opposed entities
(synonym) oppositeness
(hypernym) relation
(hyponym) antipode
3. the act of opposing groups confronting each other; "the government was not ready for a confrontation with the unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition"
(synonym) confrontation
(hypernym) resistance
(hyponym) strikebreaking
(derivation) fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
4. a contestant that you are matched against
(synonym) opponent, opposite
(hypernym) contestant
5. a body of people united in opposing something
(hypernym) body
(hyponym) Iraqi National Congress, INC
6. a direction opposite to another
(hypernym) direction
(hyponym) orthogonality, perpendicularity, orthogonal opposition
7. an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
(synonym) enemy, foe, foeman
(hypernym) adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister
(hyponym) besieger
(member-holonym) enemy
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
8. a political party opposed to the party in power and prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal opposition"
(hypernym) party, political party

n. opposition, resistance, antagonism, hostility

n. opposition, objection, bridging, dissepiment, difference, contrast